Equinor ASA has restored energy provide on the Mongstad facility following a fireplace in {an electrical} kiosk on February 15, the Norwegian vitality firm mentioned in a media launch.
The fireplace was extinguished at 15:35 CET on the identical day it broke out. Equinor mentioned it had despatched personnel routinely for medical follow-up.
The plant was closed and evacuated for non-critical personnel. There have been 950 individuals on the facility when the incident occurred. Equinor then mentioned emergency group was mustered, and authorities have been notified.
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Because the incident, Equinor mentioned it mobilized the required competence and capability to enhance the scenario. It mentioned that early Sunday morning, the facility provide was restored and work to normalize the plant was underway.
The primary a part of the refinery at Mongstad in Nordhordland was put into operation in 1975. The refinery has a processing capability of 12 million tonnes of crude oil per 12 months, Equinor mentioned. Equinor’s involvement at Mongstad now consists of an oil refinery, a pure gasoline liquids processing plant (Vestprosess), a crude oil terminal (MTDA), a heating plant and the world’s largest expertise middle for CO2 seize from flue gasoline, it mentioned.
By way of 51.5 miles (83 kilometers) lengthy pipelines, crude oil comes from the offshore installations Troll B and Troll C to the terminal at Mongstad. Right here can also be a separate pipeline for moist gasoline from the onshore services Kollsnes and Sture to Mongstad. Since 2019, crude oil from Johan Sverdrup has additionally been touchdown at Mongstad, Equinor mentioned.
In its newest replace concerning the incident, Equinor mentioned that it was nonetheless too early to say something about the reason for the incident and that it might open an investigation.
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